Leaving Asr wastes deeds

Whoever leaves the Asr prayer, his deeds are made void.

Narrated by Buraidah ibn al-Husaib

Whoever leaves the Asr prayer, his deeds have become void.

Sahih al-Bukhari 553

What this hadith teaches

Buraidah said this on a cloudy day and urged people to pray Asr early. Asr is the "middle prayer" that the Qur'an commands us to guard specially (al-Baqarah 2:238).

Reference and grade

Grade
Sahih (in Sahih al-Bukhari)
Narrator
Buraidah ibn al-Husaib

The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث

مَنْ تَرَكَ صَلاَةَ الْعَصْرِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ

Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 553, as given on sunnah.com.